Held up in rear, headway after 3 out, not fluent 2 out, led approaching last, ridden out, finished lame (trainer said, regarding the apparent improvement in form, that gelding had freshened up after three quick runs and was more suited by the galloping track on softer ground, which was officially described as heavy, soft in places; vet said gelding was lame on left-fore leg) (op 11/4)
Took keen hold, in touch with leaders, headway and briefly disputed lead 3 out, 1 length down last, kept on run-in, lost second final strides (op 15/8)
Jumped left on occasions, disputed lead, lost position 2nd, disputed lead 4th, lost position before 3 out where nott fluent, soon weakened, pulled up last (tchd 16/1 and tchd 20/1)
7 ran
Off time:
2:30:32
Winning time:
5m 30.90s (slow by 53.90s)
Total SP:
113%
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